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Renewable heating boost for social landlords

2014.11.18

Installing energy efficiency measures will be made easier for social landlords under changes to the government's Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) support scheme.

Launched in April this year, the domestic RHI offers payments to householders and landlords installing a range of green heating technologies, such as heat pumps, biomass boilers, and solar thermal panels.

"Renewable heating is a win-win for everyone - landlords, tenants and the environment," Rudd said. "Social landlords often provide homes for some of the most vulnerable people, by making the RHI more accessible to them we hope more of their tenants will be able to enjoy warmer homes and lower bills."

The government yesterday confirmed that the scheme will also include cooker stoves - biomass-fuelled stoves with back boilers that can be used for space and hot water heating as well as cooking - from spring next year.

Both the changes for landlords and the addition of stoves are subject to parliamentary approval.